Bill Text: IL SB2500 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends and repeals various Acts by abolishing various State governmental entities to effect changes in the statutes to conform the statutes to the changes in law made by Executive Order 2018-11 and by making other conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2500 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2500-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2500 Introduced 1/28/2020, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends and repeals various Acts by abolishing various State governmental entities to effect changes in the statutes to conform the statutes to the changes in law made by Executive Order 2018-11 and by making other conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. This Act effects the changes in the statutes
that are necessary to conform the statutes to the changes in
law made by Executive Order 2018-11. Any transitional matter
concerning an entity abolished in this Act that has not been
completed on the effective date of this Act shall be completed
in accordance with Sections II and IV of Executive Order
2018-11.
Section 5. The State Agency Web Site Act is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
(5 ILCS 177/10)
Sec. 10. Cookies and other invasive tracking programs.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), State
agency Web sites may not use permanent cookies or any other
invasive tracking programs that monitor and track Web site
viewing habits; however, a State agency Web site may use
transactional cookies that facilitate business transactions.
(b) Permanent cookies used by State agency Web sites may be
exempt from the prohibition in subsection (a) if they meet the
following criteria:

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(1) The use of permanent cookies adds value to the user
otherwise not available;
(2) The permanent cookies are not used to monitor and
track web site viewing habits unless all types of
information collected and the State's use of that
information add user value and are disclosed through a
comprehensive online privacy statement.
The Internet Privacy Task Force established under Section 15
shall define the exemption and limitations of this subsection
(b) in practice.
(Source: P.A. 93-117, eff. 1-1-04.)
(5 ILCS 177/15 rep.)
Section 10. The State Agency Web Site Act is amended by
repealing Section 15.
Section 15. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Sections 605-300 and 605-600 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-300) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.2)
Sec. 605-300. Economic and business development plans;
Illinois Business Development Council. (a) Economic
development plans. The Department shall develop a strategic
economic development plan for the State by July 1, 2014. By no
later than July 1, 2015, and by July 1 annually thereafter, the

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Department shall make modifications to the plan as
modifications are warranted by changes in economic conditions
or by other factors, including changes in policy. In addition
to the annual modification, the plan shall be reviewed and
redeveloped in full every 5 years. In the development of the
annual economic development plan, the Department shall consult
with representatives of the private sector, other State
agencies, academic institutions, local economic development
organizations, local governments, and not-for-profit
organizations. The annual economic development plan shall set
specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-sensitive
goals and shall include a focus on areas of high unemployment
or poverty.
The term "economic development" shall be construed broadly
by the Department and may include, but is not limited to, job
creation, job retention, tax base enhancements, development of
human capital, workforce productivity, critical
infrastructure, regional competitiveness, social inclusion,
standard of living, environmental sustainability, energy
independence, quality of life, the effective use of financial
incentives, the utilization of public private partnerships
where appropriate, and other metrics determined by the
Department.
The plan shall be based on relevant economic data, focus on
economic development as prescribed by this Section, and
emphasize strategies to retain and create jobs.

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The plan shall identify and develop specific strategies for
utilizing the assets of regions within the State defined as
counties and municipalities or other political subdivisions in
close geographical proximity that share common economic traits
such as commuting zones, labor market areas, or other
economically integrated characteristics.
If the plan includes strategies that have a fiscal impact
on the Department or any other agency, the plan shall include a
detailed description of the estimated fiscal impact of such
strategies.
Prior to publishing the plan in its final form, the
Department shall allow for a reasonable time for public input.
The Department shall transmit copies of the economic
development plan to the Governor and the General Assembly no
later than July 1, 2014, and by July 1 annually thereafter. The
plan and its corresponding modifications shall be published and
made available to the public in both paper and electronic
media, on the Department's website, and by any other method
that the Department deems appropriate.
The Department shall annually submit legislation to
implement the strategic economic development plan or
modifications to the strategic economic development plan to the
Governor, the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, and
the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives. The legislation shall be in the form of one or
more substantive bills drafted by the Legislative Reference

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Bureau.
(b) Business development plans; Illinois Business
Development Council.
(1) There is created the Illinois Business Development
Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council. The
Council shall consist of the Director, who shall serve as
co-chairperson, and 12 voting members who shall be
appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
(A) The voting members of the Council shall include
one representative from each of the following
businesses and groups: small business, coal,
healthcare, large manufacturing, small or specialized
manufacturing, agriculture, high technology or applied
science, local economic development entities, private
sector organized labor, a local or state business
association or chamber of commerce.
(B) There shall be 2 at-large voting members who
reside within areas of high unemployment within
counties or municipalities that have had an annual
average unemployment rate of at least 120% of the
State's annual average unemployment rate as reported
by the Department of Employment Security for the 5
years preceding the date of appointment.
(2) All appointments shall be made in a geographically
diverse manner.

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(3) For the initial appointments to the Council, 6
voting members shall be appointed to serve a 2-year term
and 6 voting members shall be appointed to serve a 4-year
term. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of 4
years. The initial term of voting members shall commence on
the first Wednesday in February 2014. Thereafter, the terms
of voting members shall commence on the first Wednesday in
February, except in the case of an appointment to fill a
vacancy. Vacancies occurring among the members shall be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment for
the remainder of the unexpired term. For a vacancy
occurring when the Senate is not in session, the Governor
may make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of
the Senate when a person shall be nominated to fill the
office, and, upon confirmation by the Senate, he or she
shall hold office during the remainder of the term. A
vacancy in membership does not impair the ability of a
quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the
Council. A member is eligible for reappointment.
(4) Members shall serve without compensation, but may
be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties from funds appropriated for
that purpose.
(5) In addition, the following shall serve as ex
officio, non-voting members of the Council in order to
provide specialized advice and support to the Council: the

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Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee; the
Director of Employment Security, or his or her designee;
the Executive Director of the Illinois Finance Authority,
or his or her designee; the Director of Agriculture, or his
or her designee; the Director of Revenue, or his or her
designee; the Director of Labor, or his or her designee;
and the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, or
his or her designee. Ex officio members shall provide staff
and technical assistance to the Council when appropriate.
(6) In addition to the Director, the voting members
shall elect a co-chairperson.
(7) The Council shall meet at least twice annually and
at such other times as the co-chairpersons or any 5 voting
members consider necessary. Seven voting members shall
constitute a quorum of the Council.
(8) The Department shall provide staff assistance to
the Council.
(9) The Council shall provide the Department relevant
information in a timely manner pursuant to its duties as
enumerated in this Section that can be used by the
Department to enhance the State's strategic economic
development plan.
(10) The Council shall:
(A) Develop an overall strategic business
development plan for the State of Illinois and update
the plan at least annually; that plan shall include,

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without limitation, (i) an assessment of the economic
development practices of states that border Illinois
and (ii) recommendations for best practices with
respect to economic development, business incentives,
business attraction, and business retention for
counties in Illinois that border at least one other
state.
(B) Develop business marketing plans for the State
of Illinois to effectively solicit new company
investment and existing business expansion. Insofar as
allowed under the Illinois Procurement Code, and
subject to appropriations made by the General Assembly
for such purposes, the Council may assist the
Department in the procurement of outside vendors to
carry out such marketing plans.
(C) Seek input from local economic development
officials to develop specific strategies to
effectively link State and local business development
and marketing efforts focusing on areas of high
unemployment or poverty.
(D) Provide the Department with advice on
strategic business development and business marketing
for the State of Illinois.
(E) Provide the Department research and recommend
best practices for developing investment tools for
business attraction and retention.

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(Source: P.A. 98-397, eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14;
98-888, eff. 8-15-14.)
(20 ILCS 605/605-360 rep.)
(20 ILCS 605/605-425 rep.)
(20 ILCS 605/605-1000 rep.)
Section 20. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by repealing Sections 605-360, 605-425, and 605-1000.
Section 25. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 2310-376 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-376)
Sec. 2310-376. Hepatitis education and outreach.
(a) The Illinois General Assembly finds and declares the
following:
(1) The World Health Organization characterizes
hepatitis as a disease of primary concern to humanity.
(2) Hepatitis is considered a silent killer; no
recognizable signs or symptoms occur until severe liver
damage has occurred.
(3) Studies indicate that nearly 4 million Americans
(1.8 percent of the population) carry the virus HCV that
causes the disease.

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(4) 30,000 acute new infections occur each year in the
United States, and only 25 to 30 percent are diagnosed.
(5) 8,000 to 10,000 Americans die from the disease each
year.
(6) 200,000 Illinois residents may be carriers and
could develop the debilitating and potentially deadly
liver disease.
(7) Inmates of correctional facilities have a higher
incidence of hepatitis and, upon their release, present a
significant health risk to the general population.
(8) Illinois members of the armed services are subject
to an increased risk of contracting hepatitis due to their
possible receipt of contaminated blood during a
transfusion occurring for the treatment of wounds and due
to their service in areas of the World where the disease is
more prevalent and healthcare is less capable of detecting
and treating the disease. Many of these service members are
unaware of the danger of hepatitis and their increased risk
of contracting the disease.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall conduct
an education and outreach campaign, in addition to its overall
effort to prevent infectious disease in Illinois, in order to
raise awareness about and promote prevention of hepatitis.
(c) Subject to appropriation, in addition to the education
and outreach campaign provided in subsection (b), the
Department shall develop and make available to physicians,

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other health care providers, members of the armed services, and
other persons subject to an increased risk of contracting
hepatitis, educational materials, in written and electronic
forms, on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the
disease. These materials shall include the recommendations of
the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and any
other persons or entities determined by the Department to have
particular expertise on hepatitis, including the American
Liver Foundation. These materials shall be written in terms
that are understandable by members of the general public.
(d) The Department shall establish an Advisory Council on
Hepatitis to develop a hepatitis prevention plan. The
Department shall specify the membership, members' terms,
provisions for removal of members, chairmen, and purpose of the
Advisory Council. The Advisory Council shall consist of one
representative from each of the following State agencies or
offices, appointed by the head of each agency or office:
(1) The Department of Public Health.
(2) The Department of Public Aid.
(3) The Department of Corrections.
(4) The Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(5) The Department on Aging.
(6) The Department of Human Services.
(7) The Department of State Police.
(8) The office of the State Fire Marshal.
The Director shall appoint representatives of

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organizations and advocates in the State of Illinois,
including, but not limited to, the American Liver Foundation.
The Director shall also appoint interested members of the
public, including consumers and providers of health services
and representatives of local public health agencies, to provide
recommendations and information to the members of the Advisory
Council. Members of the Advisory Council shall serve on a
voluntary, unpaid basis and are not entitled to reimbursement
for mileage or other costs they incur in connection with
performing their duties.
(Source: P.A. 93-129, eff. 1-1-04; 94-406, eff. 8-2-05.)
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-76 rep.)
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-77 rep.)
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-349 rep.)
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-560 rep.)
Section 30. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by repealing Sections 2310-76, 2310-77, 2310-349, and
2310-560.
Section 35. The Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce
Planning Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 20 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 2325/5)

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Sec. 5. Definition Definitions. As used in this Act, :
"Council" means the State Healthcare Workforce Council created
by this Act. "Department" means the Department of Public
Health.
(Source: P.A. 97-424, eff. 7-1-12.)
(20 ILCS 2325/10)
Sec. 10. Purpose. Implementation of this Act is entirely
subject to the availability and appropriation of funds from
federal grant money applied for by the Department of Public
Health. The State Healthcare Workforce Council is hereby
established to provide an ongoing assessment of healthcare
workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies, and
to recommend appropriate State government and private sector
efforts to address identified needs. The work of the Council
shall focus on: healthcare workforce supply and distribution;
cultural competence and minority participation in health
professions education; primary care training and practice; and
data evaluation and analysis. The Council shall work in
coordination with the State Health Improvement Plan
Implementation Coordination Council to ensure alignment with
the State Health Improvement Plan.
(Source: P.A. 97-424, eff. 7-1-12.)
(20 ILCS 2325/20)
Sec. 20. Five-year comprehensive healthcare workforce

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plan.
(a) Every 5 years, the Department, in cooperation with the
Council, shall prepare a comprehensive healthcare workforce
plan.
(b) The comprehensive healthcare workforce plan shall
include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) 25-year projections of the demand and supply of
health professionals to meet the needs of healthcare within
the State.
(2) The identification of all funding sources for which
the State has administrative control that are available for
health professions training.
(3) Recommendations on how to rationalize and
coordinate the State-supported programs for health
professions training.
(4) Recommendations on actions needed to meet the
projected demand for health professionals over the 25 years
of the plan.
(c) Each year in which a comprehensive healthcare workforce
plan is not due, the Department, on behalf of the Council,
shall prepare a report by July 1 of that year to the Governor
and the General Assembly on the progress made toward achieving
the projected goals of the current comprehensive healthcare
workforce plan during the previous calendar year.
(d) The Department shall provide staffing to the Council.
(Source: P.A. 97-424, eff. 7-1-12.)

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(20 ILCS 2325/15 rep.)
(20 ILCS 2325/25 rep.)
Section 37. The Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce
Planning Act is amended by repealing Sections 15 and 25.
(20 ILCS 2407/Art. 2 rep.)
Section 39. The Disabilities Services Act of 2003 is
amended by repealing Article 2.
Section 40. The Disabilities Services Act of 2003 is
amended by changing Section 53 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2407/53)
Sec. 53. Rebalancing benchmarks.
(a) Illinois' long-term care system is in a state of
transformation, as evidenced by the creation and subsequent
work products of the Disability Services Advisory Committee,
Older Adult Services Advisory Committee, Housing Task Force and
other executive and legislative branch initiatives.
(b) Illinois' Money Follows the Person demonstration
approval capitalizes on this progress and commits the State to
transition approximately 3,357 older persons and persons with
developmental, physical or psychiatric disabilities from
institutional to home and community-based settings, resulting
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over the next 5 years.
(c) The State will endeavor to increase the percentage of
community-based long-term care spending over the next 5 years
according to the following timeline:
Estimated baseline: 28.5%
Year 1: 30%
Year 2: 31%
Year 3: 32%
Year 4: 35%
Year 5: 37%
(d) The Departments will utilize interagency agreements
and will seek legislative authority to implement a Money
Follows the Person budgetary mechanism to allocate or
reallocate funds for the purpose of expanding the availability,
quality or stability of home and community-based long-term care
services and supports for persons with disabilities.
(e) The allocation of public funds for home and
community-based long-term care services shall not have the
effect of: (i) diminishing or reducing the quality of services
available to residents of long-term care facilities; (ii)
forcing any residents of long-term care facilities to
involuntarily accept home and community-based long-term care
services, or causing any residents of long-term care facilities
to be involuntarily transferred or discharged; (iii) causing
reductions in long-term care facility reimbursement rates in
effect as of July 1, 2008; or (iv) diminishing access to a full

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array of long-term care options.
(Source: P.A. 95-438, eff. 1-1-08.)
Section 43. The Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3310/10)
Sec. 10. Nuclear and radioactive materials disposal. The
Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall formulate a
comprehensive plan regarding disposal of nuclear and
radioactive materials in this State. The Illinois Emergency
Management Agency shall establish minimum standards for
disposal sites, shall evaluate and publicize potential effects
on the public health and safety, and shall report to the
Governor and General Assembly all violations of the adopted
standards. In carrying out this function, the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency shall work in cooperation with the
Radiation Protection Advisory Council.
(Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)
(20 ILCS 3950/Act rep.)
Section 45. The Governor's Council on Health and Physical
Fitness Act is repealed.
(20 ILCS 4024/Act rep.)
Section 50. The Interstate Sex Offender Task Force Act is

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repealed.
Section 55. The Equity in Long-term Care Quality Act is
amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
(30 ILCS 772/20)
Sec. 20. Award of grants.
(a) Applications for grants must be made in a manner
prescribed by the Director of Public Health by rule.
Expenditures made in a manner with any grant, and the results
therefrom, shall be included (if applicable) in the reports
filed by the receiver with the court and shall be reported to
the Department in a manner prescribed by rule and by the
contract entered into by the grant recipient with the
Department. An applicant for a grant shall submit to the
Department, and (if applicable) to the court, a specific plan
for continuing and increasing adherence to best practices in
providing high-quality nursing home care once the grant has
ended.
(b) (Blank). The applications must be reviewed and
recommended by a commission composed of 5 representatives
chosen from recommendations made by organizations representing
long-term care facilities in Illinois, a citizen member from
AARP, one representative from an advocacy organization for
persons with disabilities, one representative from the
statewide ombudsman organization, one representative from

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academia, one representative from a nursing home residents'
advocacy organization, one representative from an organization
with expertise in improving the access of persons in medically
underserved areas to high-quality medical care, at least 2
experts in accounting or finance, the Director of Public
Health, the Director of Aging, and one representative selected
by the leader of each legislative caucus. With the exception of
legislative members, members shall be appointed by the Director
of Public Health.
(c) The Director shall award grants based on the
recommendations of the commission and after a thorough review
of the compliance history of the applicants.
(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)
Section 60. The Eliminate the Digital Divide Law is amended
by changing Section 5-30 as follows:
(30 ILCS 780/5-30)
Sec. 5-30. Community Technology Center Grant Program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
administer the Community Technology Center Grant Program under
which the Department shall make grants in accordance with this
Article for planning, establishment, administration, and
expansion of Community Technology Centers and for assisting
public hospitals, libraries, and park districts in eliminating
the digital divide. The purposes of the grants shall include,

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but not be limited to, volunteer recruitment and management,
training and instruction, infrastructure, and related goods
and services, including case management, administration,
personal information management, and outcome-tracking tools
and software for the purposes of reporting to the Department
and for enabling participation in digital government and
consumer services programs, for Community Technology Centers
and public hospitals, libraries, and park districts. No
Community Technology Center may receive a grant of more than
$75,000 under this Section in a particular fiscal year.
(b) Public hospitals, libraries, park districts, and State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions
of higher education, senior citizen homes, and other public and
private nonprofit or for-profit agencies and organizations are
eligible to receive grants under this Program, provided that a
local educational agency or public or private educational
agency or organization must, in order to be eligible to receive
grants under this Program, provide computer access and
educational services using information technology to the
public at one or more of its educational buildings or
facilities at least 12 hours each week. A group of eligible
entities is also eligible to receive a grant if the group
follows the procedures for group applications in 34 CFR
75.127-129 of the Education Department General Administrative
Regulations.
To be eligible to apply for a grant, a Community Technology

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Center must serve a community in which not less than 40% of the
students are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under
the national school lunch program or in which not less than 30%
of the students are eligible for a free lunch under the
national school lunch program; however, if funding is
insufficient to approve all grant applications for a particular
fiscal year, the Department may impose a higher minimum
percentage threshold for that fiscal year. Determinations of
communities and determinations of the percentage of students in
a community who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch
under the national school lunch program shall be in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department.
Any entities that have received a Community Technology
Center grant under the federal Community Technology Centers
Program are also eligible to apply for grants under this
Program.
The Department shall provide assistance to Community
Technology Centers in making those determinations for purposes
of applying for grants.
The Department shall encourage Community Technology
Centers to participate in public and private computer hardware
equipment recycling initiatives that provide computers at
reduced or no cost to low-income families, including programs
authorized by the State Property Control Act. On an annual
basis, the Department must provide the Director of Central
Management Services with a list of Community Technology Centers

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that have applied to the Department for funding as potential
recipients of surplus State-owned computer hardware equipment
under programs authorized by the State Property Control Act.
(c) Grant applications shall be submitted to the Department
on a schedule of one or more deadlines established by the
Department by rule.
(d) The Department shall adopt rules setting forth the
required form and contents of grant applications.
(e) There is created the Digital Divide Elimination
Advisory Committee. The advisory committee shall consist of 7
members appointed one each by the Governor, the President of
the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the
House, and the House Minority Leader, and 2 appointed by the
Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, one of whom
shall be a representative of the telecommunications industry
and one of whom shall represent community technology centers.
The members of the advisory committee shall receive no
compensation for their services as members of the advisory
committee but may be reimbursed for their actual expenses
incurred in serving on the advisory committee. The Digital
Divide Elimination Advisory Committee shall advise the
Department in establishing criteria and priorities for
identifying recipients of grants under this Act. The advisory
committee shall obtain advice from the technology industry
regarding current technological standards. The advisory
committee shall seek any available federal funding.

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(f) There is created the Digital Divide Elimination Working
Group. The Working Group shall consist of the Director of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, the
Director of Central Management Services, or his or her
designee, and the Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce
Commission, or his or her designee. The Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, shall serve
as chair of the Working Group. The Working Group shall consult
with the members of the Digital Divide Elimination Advisory
Committee and may consult with various groups including, but
not limited to, telecommunications providers,
telecommunications-related technology producers and service
providers, community technology providers, community and
consumer organizations, businesses and business organizations,
and federal government agencies.
(g) Duties of the Digital Divide Elimination Working Group
include all of the following:
(1) Undertaking a thorough review of grant programs
available through the federal government, local agencies,
telecommunications providers, and business and charitable
entities for the purpose of identifying appropriate
sources of revenues for the Digital Divide Elimination Fund
and attempting to update available grants on a regular
basis.
(2) Researching and cataloging programs designed to
advance digital literacy and computer access that are

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available through the federal government, local agencies,
telecommunications providers, and business and charitable
entities and attempting to update available programs on a
regular basis.
(3) Presenting the information compiled from items (1)
and (2) to the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, which shall serve as a single point of contact
for applying for funding for the Digital Divide Elimination
Fund and for distributing information to the public
regarding all programs designed to advance digital
literacy and computer access.
(Source: P.A. 94-734, eff. 4-28-06; 95-740, eff. 1-1-09.)
(210 ILCS 25/Art. V rep.)
Section 65. The Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank
Act is amended by repealing Article V.
Section 70. The Hospital Report Card Act is amended by
changing Section 25 as follows:
(210 ILCS 86/25)
Sec. 25. Hospital reports.
(a) Individual hospitals shall prepare a quarterly report
including all of the following:
(1) Nursing hours per patient day, average daily
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service area.
(2) Infection-related measures for the facility for
the specific clinical procedures and devices determined by
the Department by rule under 2 or more of the following
categories:
(A) Surgical procedure outcome measures.
(B) Surgical procedure infection control process
measures.
(C) Outcome or process measures related to
ventilator-associated pneumonia.
(D) Central vascular catheter-related bloodstream
infection rates in designated critical care units.
(3) Information required under paragraph (4) of
Section 2310-312 of the Department of Public Health Powers
and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois.
(4) Additional infection measures mandated by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that are
reported by hospitals to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network
surveillance system, or its successor, and deemed relevant
to patient safety by the Department.
(5) Each instance of preterm birth and infant mortality
within the reporting period, including the racial and
ethnic information of the mothers of those infants.
(6) Each instance of maternal mortality within the

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reporting period, including the racial and ethnic
information of those mothers.
The infection-related measures developed by the Department
shall be based upon measures and methods developed by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations, or the National Quality Forum. The
Department may align the infection-related measures with the
measures and methods developed by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,
and the National Quality Forum by adding reporting measures
based on national health care strategies and measures deemed
scientifically reliable and valid for public reporting. The
Department shall receive approval from the State Board of
Health to retire measures deemed no longer scientifically valid
or valuable for informing quality improvement or infection
prevention efforts. The Department shall notify the Chairs and
Minority Spokespersons of the House Human Services Committee
and the Senate Public Health Committee of its intent to have
the State Board of Health take action to retire measures no
later than 7 business days before the meeting of the State
Board of Health.
The Department shall include interpretive guidelines for

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infection-related indicators and, when available, shall
include relevant benchmark information published by national
organizations.
The Department shall collect the information reported
under paragraphs (5) and (6) and shall use it to illustrate the
disparity of those occurrences across different racial and
ethnic groups.
(b) Individual hospitals shall prepare annual reports
including vacancy and turnover rates for licensed nurses per
clinical service area.
(c) None of the information the Department discloses to the
public may be made available in any form or fashion unless the
information has been reviewed, adjusted, and validated
according to the following process:
(1) (Blank). The Department shall organize an advisory
committee, including representatives from the Department,
public and private hospitals, direct care nursing staff,
physicians, academic researchers, consumers, health
insurance companies, organized labor, and organizations
representing hospitals and physicians. The advisory
committee must be meaningfully involved in the development
of all aspects of the Department's methodology for
collecting, analyzing, and disclosing the information
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(2) The entire methodology for collecting and
analyzing the data shall be disclosed to all relevant
organizations and to all hospitals that are the subject of
any information to be made available to the public before
any public disclosure of such information.
(3) Data collection and analytical methodologies shall
be used that meet accepted standards of validity and
reliability before any information is made available to the
public.
(4) The limitations of the data sources and analytic
methodologies used to develop comparative hospital
information shall be clearly identified and acknowledged,
including but not limited to the appropriate and
inappropriate uses of the data.
(5) To the greatest extent possible, comparative
hospital information initiatives shall use standard-based
norms derived from widely accepted provider-developed
practice guidelines.
(6) Comparative hospital information and other
information that the Department has compiled regarding
hospitals shall be shared with the hospitals under review
prior to public dissemination of such information and these
hospitals have 30 days to make corrections and to add
helpful explanatory comments about the information before
the publication.
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patient case mix and other relevant risk factors and
control for provider peer groups, when appropriate.
(8) Effective safeguards to protect against the
unauthorized use or disclosure of hospital information
shall be developed and implemented.
(9) Effective safeguards to protect against the
dissemination of inconsistent, incomplete, invalid,
inaccurate, or subjective hospital data shall be developed
and implemented.
(10) The quality and accuracy of hospital information
reported under this Act and its data collection, analysis,
and dissemination methodologies shall be evaluated
regularly.
(11) Only the most basic identifying information from
mandatory reports shall be used, and information
identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional
shall not be released. None of the information the
Department discloses to the public under this Act may be
used to establish a standard of care in a private civil
action.
(d) Quarterly reports shall be submitted, in a format set
forth in rules adopted by the Department, to the Department by
April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31 each year for the
previous quarter. Data in quarterly reports must cover a period
ending not earlier than one month prior to submission of the
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format set forth in rules adopted by the Department to the
Department. All reports shall be made available to the public
on-site and through the Department.
(e) If the hospital is a division or subsidiary of another
entity that owns or operates other hospitals or related
organizations, the annual public disclosure report shall be for
the specific division or subsidiary and not for the other
entity.
(f) The Department shall disclose information under this
Section in accordance with provisions for inspection and
copying of public records required by the Freedom of
Information Act provided that such information satisfies the
provisions of subsection (c) of this Section.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, under no
circumstances shall the Department disclose information
obtained from a hospital that is confidential under Part 21 of
Article VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(h) No hospital report or Department disclosure may contain
information identifying a patient, employee, or licensed
professional.
(Source: P.A. 101-446, eff. 8-23-19.)
(210 ILCS 110/13A rep.)
Section 75. The Illinois Migrant Labor Camp Law is amended
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Section 80. The Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act is
amended by changing Sections 3, 5, 19, 19.5, 21, and 24 as
follows:
(225 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7603)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
(2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
(3) (Blank). "Board" means the Illinois Board of Athletic
Trainers appointed by the Secretary.
(4) "Licensed athletic trainer" means a person licensed to
practice athletic training as defined in this Act and with the
specific qualifications set forth in Section 9 of this Act who,
upon the direction of his or her team physician or consulting
physician, carries out the practice of prevention/emergency
care or physical reconditioning of injuries incurred by
athletes participating in an athletic program conducted by an
educational institution, professional athletic organization,
or sanctioned amateur athletic organization employing the
athletic trainer; or a person who, under the direction of a
physician, carries out comparable functions for a health
organization-based extramural program of athletic training
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include but are not limited to:
A. Supervision of the selection, fitting, and
maintenance of protective equipment;
B. Provision of assistance to the coaching staff in the
development and implementation of conditioning programs;
C. Counseling of athletes on nutrition and hygiene;
D. Supervision of athletic training facility and
inspection of playing facilities;
E. Selection and maintenance of athletic training
equipment and supplies;
F. Instruction and supervision of student trainer
staff;
G. Coordination with a team physician to provide:
(i) pre-competition physical exam and health
history updates,
(ii) game coverage or phone access to a physician
or paramedic,
(iii) follow-up injury care,
(iv) reconditioning programs, and
(v) assistance on all matters pertaining to the
health and well-being of athletes.
H. Provision of on-site injury care and evaluation as
well as appropriate transportation, follow-up treatment
and rehabilitation as necessary for all injuries sustained
by athletes in the program;
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may safely return to full participation post-injury; and
J. Maintenance of complete and accurate records of all
athletic injuries and treatments rendered.
To carry out these functions the athletic trainer is
authorized to utilize modalities, including, but not limited
to, heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, exercise, or
mechanical devices related to care and reconditioning.
(5) "Referral" means the guidance and direction given by
the physician, who shall maintain supervision of the athlete.
(6) "Athletic trainer aide" means a person who has received
on-the-job training specific to the facility in which he or she
is employed, on either a paid or volunteer basis, but is not
enrolled in an accredited athletic training curriculum.
(7) "Address of record" means the designated address
recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's
application file or license file as maintained by the
Department's licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the
applicant or licensee to inform the Department of any change of
address, and those changes must be made either through the
Department's website or by contacting the Department.
(8) "Board of Certification" means the Board of
Certification for the Athletic Trainer.
(Source: P.A. 99-469, eff. 8-26-15.)
(225 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7605)
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Sec. 5. Administration of Act; rules and forms.
(a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties
prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the
administration of Licensure Acts and shall exercise such other
powers and duties necessary for effectuating the purposes of
this Act.
(b) The Secretary may promulgate rules consistent with the
provisions of this Act for the administration and enforcement
thereof, and for the payment of fees connected therewith, and
may prescribe forms which shall be issued in connection
therewith. The rules may include standards and criteria for
licensure, certification, and professional conduct and
discipline. The Department may consult with the Board in
promulgating rules.
(c) The Department may at any time seek the advice and the
expert knowledge of the Board on any matter relating to the
administration of this Act.
(d) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 99-469, eff. 8-26-15.)
(225 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 7619)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 19. Record of proceedings. The Department, at its
expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the
formal hearing of any case. The notice of hearing, complaint
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motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony,
the report of the Board and order of the Department shall be
the record of such proceeding. Any licensee who is found to
have violated this Act or who fails to appear for a hearing to
refuse to issue, restore, or renew a license or to discipline a
licensee may be required by the Department to pay for the costs
of the proceeding. These costs are limited to costs for court
reporters, transcripts, and witness attendance and mileage
fees. All costs imposed under this Section shall be paid within
60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine
or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing
the fine.
(Source: P.A. 99-469, eff. 8-26-15.)
(225 ILCS 5/19.5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 19.5. Subpoenas; oaths. The Department may subpoena
and bring before it any person and may take the oral or written
testimony of any person or compel the production of any books,
papers, records, or any other documents that the Secretary or
his or her designee deems relevant or material to an
investigation or hearing conducted by the Department with the
same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by
law in judicial procedure in civil cases in courts of this
State.
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of the Board, or a certified shorthand court reporter may
administer oaths at any hearing which the Department conducts.
Notwithstanding any other statute or Department rule to the
contrary, all requests for testimony or production of documents
or records shall be in accordance with this Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-469, eff. 8-26-15.)
(225 ILCS 5/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 7624)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 24. Hearing officer appointment. The Secretary shall
have the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to
practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing
officer in any action for refusal to issue or renew a license,
or for the taking of disciplinary action against a license. The
hearing officer shall have full authority to conduct the
hearing. The hearing officer shall report his or her findings
of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to the Board
and the Secretary. The Board shall have 90 days from receipt of
the report to review the report of the hearing officer and
present its findings of fact, conclusions of law and
recommendation to the Secretary. The If the Board fails to
present its report within the 90 day period, the Secretary may
issue an order based on the report of the hearing officer. If
the Secretary determines that the Board's report is contrary to
the manifest weight of the evidence, he or she may issue an
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(Source: P.A. 99-469, eff. 8-26-15.)
(225 ILCS 5/6 rep.)
(225 ILCS 5/21 rep.)
(225 ILCS 5/22 rep.)
Section 85. The Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act is
amended by repealing Sections 6, 21, and 22.
Section 90. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act
is amended by changing Sections 3, 8, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 23,
27.1, and 30 as follows:
(225 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7403)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, except as the
context requires otherwise:
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Public
Health.
"License" means a license issued by the State under this
Act to a hearing instrument dispenser.
"Licensed audiologist" means a person licensed as an
audiologist under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology Practice Act.
"National Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist"
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licensed hearing instrument dispenser and has been certified
after qualification by examination by the National Board for
Certification in Hearing Instruments Sciences.
"Licensed physician" or "physician" means a physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of its
branches pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
"Trainee" means a person who is licensed to perform the
functions of a hearing instrument dispenser in accordance with
the Department rules and only under the direct supervision of a
hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist who is licensed in
the State.
"Board" means the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection
Board.
"Hearing instrument" or "hearing aid" means any wearable
instrument or device designed for or offered for the purpose of
aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing and that can
provide more than 15 dB full on gain via a 2cc coupler at any
single frequency from 200 through 6000 cycles per second, and
any parts, attachments, or accessories, including ear molds.
"Hearing instrument" or "hearing aid" do not include batteries,
cords, or group auditory training devices and any instrument or
device used by a public utility in providing telephone or other
communication services are excluded.
"Practice of fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing
instruments" means the measurement of human hearing with an
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Standard Institute standards, for the purpose of making
selections, recommendations, adaptions, services, or sales of
hearing instruments including the making of earmolds as a part
of the hearing instrument.
"Sell" or "sale" means any transfer of title or of the
right to use by lease, bailment, or any other contract,
excluding wholesale transactions with distributors or dealers.
"Hearing instrument dispenser" means a person who is a
hearing care professional that engages in the selling, practice
of fitting, selecting, recommending, dispensing, or servicing
of hearing instruments or the testing for means of hearing
instrument selection or who advertises or displays a sign or
represents himself or herself as a person who practices the
testing, fitting, selecting, servicing, dispensing, or selling
of hearing instruments.
"Fund" means the Hearing Instrument Dispenser Examining
and Disciplinary Fund.
"Hearing care professional" means a person who is a
licensed audiologist, a licensed hearing instrument dispenser,
or a licensed physician.
(Source: P.A. 98-362, eff. 8-16-13; 98-827, eff. 1-1-15.)
(225 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 7408)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 8. Applicant qualifications; examination.
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hearing, the Department shall authorize or shall conduct an
appropriate examination, which may be the International
Hearing Society's licensure examination, for persons who
dispense, test, select, recommend, fit, or service hearing
instruments. The frequency of holding these examinations shall
be determined by the Department by rule. Those who successfully
pass such an examination shall be issued a license as a hearing
instrument dispenser, which shall be effective for a 2-year
period.
(b) Applicants shall be:
(1) at least 18 years of age;
(2) of good moral character;
(3) the holder of an associate's degree or the
equivalent;
(4) free of contagious or infectious disease; and
(5) a citizen or person who has the status as a legal
alien.
Felony convictions of the applicant and findings against
the applicant involving matters set forth in Sections 17 and 18
shall be considered in determining moral character, but such a
conviction or finding shall not make an applicant ineligible to
register for examination.
(c) Prior to engaging in the practice of fitting,
dispensing, or servicing hearing instruments, an applicant
shall demonstrate, by means of written and practical
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testing, selecting, recommending, fitting, selling, or
servicing of hearing instruments as defined in this Act. An
applicant must obtain a license within 12 months after passing
either the written or practical examination, whichever is
passed first, or must take and pass those examinations again in
order to be eligible to receive a license.
The Department shall, by rule, determine the conditions
under which an individual is examined.
(d) Proof of having met the minimum requirements of
continuing education as determined by the Director Board shall
be required of all license renewals. Pursuant to rule, the
continuing education requirements may, upon petition to the
Director Board, be waived in whole or in part if the hearing
instrument dispenser can demonstrate that he or she served in
the Coast Guard or Armed Forces, had an extreme hardship, or
obtained his or her license by examination or endorsement
within the preceding renewal period.
(e) Persons applying for an initial license must
demonstrate having earned, at a minimum, an associate degree or
its equivalent from an accredited institution of higher
education that is recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education or that meets the U.S. Department of Education
equivalency as determined through a National Association of
Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) member, and meet the
other requirements of this Section. In addition, the applicant
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hours or 18 quarter hours of academic undergraduate course work
in an accredited institution consisting of 3 semester hours of
anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism, 3 semester
hours of hearing science, 3 semester hours of introduction to
audiology, and 3 semester hours of aural rehabilitation, or the
quarter hour equivalent or (2) an equivalent program as
determined by the Department that is consistent with the scope
of practice of a hearing instrument dispenser as defined in
Section 3 of this Act. Persons licensed before January 1, 2003
who have a valid license on that date may have their license
renewed without meeting the requirements of this subsection.
(Source: P.A. 98-827, eff. 1-1-15; 99-204, eff. 7-30-15;
99-847, eff. 8-19-16.)
(225 ILCS 50/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 7414)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 14. Powers and duties of the Department. The powers
and duties of the Department are:
(a) To issue licenses and to administer examinations to
applicants;
(b) To license persons who are qualified to engage in the
testing, recommending, fitting, selling, and dispensing of
hearing instruments;
(c) To provide the equipment and facilities necessary for
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(e) To suspend or revoke licenses or to take such other
disciplinary action as provided in this Act;
(f) (Blank) To consider all recommendations and requests of
the Board and to inform it of all actions of the Department
insofar as hearing instrument dispensers are concerned,
including any instances where the actions of the Department are
contrary to the recommendations of the Board;
(g) To promulgate rules necessary to implement this Act;
(h) (Blank); and
(i) To conduct such consumer education programs and
awareness programs for persons with a hearing impairment as it
deems appropriate may be recommended by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 91-932, eff. 1-1-01.)
(225 ILCS 50/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 7415)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 15. Fees.
(a) The examination and licensure fees paid to the
Department are not refundable and shall be set forth by
administrative rule. The Department may require a fee for the
administration of the examination in addition to examination
and licensure fees.
(b) The moneys received as fees and fines by the Department
under this Act shall be deposited in the Hearing Instrument
Dispenser Examining and Disciplinary Fund, which is hereby
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used only for the administration and enforcement of this Act,
including: (1) costs directly related to licensing of persons
under this Act; and (2) by the Board in the exercise of its
powers and performance of its duties, and such use shall be
made by the Department with full consideration of all
recommendations of the Board.
All moneys deposited in the Fund shall be appropriated to
the Department for expenses of the Department and the Board in
the administration and enforcement of this Act.
Moneys in the Fund may be invested and reinvested, with all
earnings deposited in the Fund and used for the purposes set
forth in this Act.
Upon the completion of any audit of the Department as
prescribed by the Illinois State Auditing Act, which audit
shall include an audit of the Fund, the Department shall make a
copy of the audit open to inspection by any interested person,
which copy shall be submitted to the Department by the Auditor
General, in addition to the copies of audit reports required to
be submitted to other State officers and agencies by Section
3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-204, eff. 7-30-15.)
(225 ILCS 50/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 7418)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 18. Discipline by the Department. The Department may
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place on probation, censure, fine, or reprimand a licensee for
any of the following:
(a) Material misstatement in furnishing information to
the Department or to any other State or federal agency.
(b) Violations of this Act, or the rules promulgated
hereunder.
(c) Conviction of any crime under the laws of the
United States or any state or territory thereof which is a
felony or misdemeanor, an essential element of dishonesty,
or of any crime which is directly related to the practice
of the profession.
(d) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
obtaining a license or renewing a license, including
falsification of the continuing education requirement.
(e) Professional incompetence.
(f) Malpractice.
(g) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any
provision of this Act or the rules promulgated hereunder.
(h) Failing, within 30 days, to provide in writing
information in response to a written request made by the
Department.
(i) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct which is likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(j) Knowingly employing, directly or indirectly, any
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covered by this Act.
(k) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of
drugs.
(l) Discipline by another state, the District of
Columbia, territory, or a foreign nation, if at least one
of the grounds for the discipline is the same or
substantially equivalent to those set forth herein.
(m) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from
any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation
for any service not actually rendered. Nothing in this
paragraph (m) affects any bona fide independent contractor
or employment arrangements among health care
professionals, health facilities, health care providers,
or other entities, except as otherwise prohibited by law.
Any employment arrangements may include provisions for
compensation, health insurance, pension, or other
employment benefits for the provision of services within
the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act.
Nothing in this paragraph (m) shall be construed to require
an employment arrangement to receive professional fees for
services rendered.
(n) A finding by the Director Board that the licensee,
after having his or her license placed on probationary
status, has violated the terms of probation.
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reports.
(p) Willfully failing to report an instance of
suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused
and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
(q) Physical illness, including, but not limited to,
deterioration through the aging process, or loss of motor
skill which results in the inability to practice the
profession with reasonable judgement, skill or safety.
(r) Solicitation of services or products by
advertising that is false or misleading. An advertisement
is false or misleading if it:
(1) contains an intentional misrepresentation of
fact;
(2) contains a false statement as to the licensee's
professional achievements, education, skills, or
qualifications in the hearing instrument dispensing
profession;
(3) makes a partial disclosure of a relevant fact,
including:
(i) the advertisement of a discounted price of
an item without identifying in the advertisement
or at the location of the item either the specific
product being offered at the discounted price or
the usual price of the item; and
(ii) the advertisement of the price of a
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than one hearing instrument appears in the same
advertisement without an accompanying price;
(4) contains a representation that a product
innovation is new when, in fact, the product was first
offered by the manufacturer to the general public in
this State not less than 12 months before the date of
the advertisement;
(5) contains any other representation, statement,
or claim that is inherently misleading or deceptive; or
(6) contains information that the licensee
manufactures hearing instruments at the licensee's
office location unless the following statement
includes a statement disclosing that the instruments
are manufactured by a specified manufacturer and
assembled by the licensee.
(s) Participating in subterfuge or misrepresentation
in the fitting or servicing of a hearing instrument.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Representing that the service of a licensed
physician or other health professional will be used or made
available in the fitting, adjustment, maintenance, or
repair of hearing instruments when that is not true, or
using the words "doctor", "audiologist", "clinic",
"Clinical Audiologist", "Certified Hearing Aid
Audiologist", "State Licensed", "State Certified",
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Dispenser", "Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser", "Board
Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist", "Hearing
Instrument Specialist", "Licensed Audiologist", or any
other term, abbreviation, or symbol which would give the
impression that service is being provided by persons who
are licensed or awarded a degree or title, or that the
person's service who is holding the license has been
recommended by a governmental agency or health provider,
when such is not the case.
(v) Advertising a manufacturer's product or using a
manufacturer's name or trademark implying a relationship
which does not exist.
(w) Directly or indirectly giving or offering anything
of value to any person who advises another in a
professional capacity, as an inducement to influence the
purchase of a product sold or offered for sale by a hearing
instrument dispenser or influencing persons to refrain
from dealing in the products of competitors.
(x) Conducting business while suffering from a
contagious disease.
(y) Engaging in the fitting or sale of hearing
instruments under a name with fraudulent intent.
(z) Dispensing a hearing instrument to a person who has
not been given tests utilizing appropriate established
procedures and instrumentation in the fitting of hearing
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hearing instrument, of the same make and model within one
year of the dispensing of the original hearing instrument.
(aa) Unavailability or unwillingness to adequately
provide for service or repair of hearing instruments fitted
and sold by the dispenser.
(bb) Violating the regulations of the Federal Food and
Drug Administration or the Federal Trade Commission as they
affect hearing instruments.
(cc) Violating any provision of the Consumer Fraud and
Deceptive Business Practices Act.
(dd) Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral
Act.
The Department, with the approval of the Board, may impose
a fine not to exceed $1,000 plus costs for the first violation
and not to exceed $5,000 plus costs for each subsequent
violation of this Act, and the rules promulgated hereunder, on
any person or entity described in this Act. Such fine may be
imposed as an alternative to any other disciplinary measure,
except for probation. The imposition by the Department of a
fine for any violation does not bar the violation from being
alleged in subsequent disciplinary proceedings. Such fines
shall be deposited in the Fund.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
(225 ILCS 50/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 7421)
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Sec. 21. The Department may investigate the actions of any
applicant, corporation, partnership, trust, association or
other entity, or any person holding or claiming to hold a
license. The Department shall, before refusing to issue a
license or disciplining a registrant or a corporation,
partnership, trust, association or other entity, notify, in
writing, at least 10 days prior to the date set for the
hearing, the applicant for, or holder of, a license, or
corporation, partnership, trust, association or other entity.
The notification shall set forth the charges against the
person, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other
entity which form the basis for the refusal to issue a license
or the disciplinary action taken. If the person, corporation,
partnership, trust, association, or other entity desires to
contest any Department action under this Section he, she or the
corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other entity
shall send a written request for a hearing to the Department
within 10 days of receipt of notice of the Department's action.
If timely requested by the person or the corporation,
partnership, trust, association, or other entity, the date of
the hearing shall be set by the Department. The hearing shall
determine whether the applicant or licensee is entitled to hold
such license, and shall afford such person an opportunity to be
heard in person or by counsel. A hearing shall also determine
whether a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or
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afford such entities an opportunity to be heard by their
representative or by counsel. Such written notice may be served
by certified or registered mail to the respondent at its last
known address. Upon receipt of a request in writing for a
hearing, a duly qualified employee of the Department designated
in writing by the Director and approved by the Board as a
hearing officer shall conduct a hearing to review the decision.
Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to
the person or corporation, partnership, trust, association, or
other entity at least 10 days prior to the date set for the
hearing. At the time and place fixed in the notice, the hearing
officer shall hear the charges and the parties shall be
accorded opportunity to present such statements, testimony and
evidence as may be pertinent to the charges or defenses. The
hearing officer may continue such hearing from time to time.
Pursuant to rule, the Director may conduct informal hearings,
and shall so inform the Board. The Director, Board or hearing
officer may compel, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony
of witnesses and the production of books and papers and may
administer oaths.
(Source: P.A. 86-800.)
(225 ILCS 50/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 7422)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 22. Findings and recommendations to of the Director
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shall make findings of fact in such hearing to the Director
Board. The Director Board shall review the findings of fact and
present to the Director a written report of its finding and
recommendation as to whether or not the accused person violated
this Act or failed to comply with the conditions required in
this Act or any rule promulgated under this Act. The Director
Board shall specify the nature of the violation or failure to
comply and shall make its recommendations to the Director.
The report of findings and recommendation of the hearing
officer Board shall be the basis for the Department's action
with respect to licensees or the imposition of any disciplinary
action unless the Director determines that the report and
recommendation is contrary to the manifest weight of the
evidence, in which case the Director may issue an order in
contravention of the report and recommendation. The findings
are not admissible in evidence against the person in a criminal
prosecution brought for the violation of this Act, but the
hearing and findings are not a bar to a criminal prosecution
brought for violating this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)
(225 ILCS 50/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 7423)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 23. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a
record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case
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licensee. The notice of hearing, the complaint and all other
documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed
in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony, the report of
the Board and the orders of the Department shall be the record
of such proceeding.
In any case involving the refusal to issue a license or to
discipline a licensee, a copy of the hearing officer's Board's
report shall be served upon the respondent by the Department,
as provided in this Act for the service of the notice of
hearing. Within 20 days after such service, the respondent may
present to the Department a motion in writing for a rehearing,
which motion shall specify the particular grounds therefor. If
no motion for rehearing is filed, then upon the expiration of
the time specified for filing such a motion, or if a motion for
rehearing is denied, then upon such denial, the Director may
enter an order in accordance with recommendations of the
hearing officer Board. If the respondent orders and pays for a
transcript of the record within the time for filing a motion
for rehearing, the 20-day period within which such a motion may
be filed shall commence upon the delivery of the transcript to
the respondent.
Whenever the Director is satisfied that substantial
justice has not been done either in an examination or in the
revocation, suspension or refusal to issue a license, the
Director may order a re-examination or rehearing.
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(225 ILCS 50/27.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7427.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 27.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21 of
this Act, the Director shall have the authority to appoint any
attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois
to serve as hearing officer in any action for refusal to issue
or renew a license, or discipline of an applicant or licensee
regulated by this Act. The Director shall notify the Board of
any such appointment. The hearing officer shall have full
authority to conduct the hearing. The hearing officer shall
report his findings of fact, conclusions of law and
recommendations to the Board and the Director. Within The Board
shall have 60 days from receipt of the report to review the
report of the hearing officer and present their findings of
fact, conclusions of law and recommendations to the Director.
If the Board fails to present its report within the 60-day
period, the Director shall issue an order based on the report
of the hearing officer. If the Director disagrees in any regard
with the report of the Board or hearing officer, the Director
he may issue an order in contravention thereof. The Director
shall provide a written explanation to the Board on any such
deviation, and shall specify with particularity the reasons for
such action in the final order. Members of the Board may be
present at all formal hearings brought under the provisions of
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(Source: P.A. 86-800.)
(225 ILCS 50/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 7430)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 30. The determination by a circuit court that a
licensee is subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission, as provided in the "Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code", approved September 5, 1978, as amended,
operates as an automatic suspension of his license. Such
suspension will end upon a finding by a court that the patient
is no longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission and the court issues an order so finding and
discharging the patient and upon the recommendation of the
hearing officer Board to the Director that the licensee be
allowed to resume his practice.
(Source: P.A. 86-800.)
(225 ILCS 50/16 rep.)
(225 ILCS 50/17 rep.)
Section 95. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act
is amended by repealing Sections 16 and 17.
Section 100. The Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention
Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
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Sec. 35. Pilot project; task force. (a) The Department of
Human Services and the Department of Public Health shall
initially implement this Act as a 2-year pilot project in which
only the following health care workplaces shall participate:
(1) The Chester Mental Health Center.
(2) The Alton Mental Health Center.
(3) The Douglas Singer Mental Health Center.
(4) The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center.
(5) The Jacksonville Developmental Center.
Each health care workplace participating in the pilot
project shall comply with this Act as provided in this Act.
(b) The Governor shall convene a 11-member task force
consisting of the following: one member appointed by the
President of the Senate; one member appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the Speaker of
House of Representatives; one member appointed by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives; one representative from
a statewide association representing licensed registered
professional nurses; one licensed registered professional
nurse involved in direct patient care, appointed by the
Governor; one representative of an organization representing
State, county, and municipal employees, appointed by the
Governor; one representative of an organization representing
public employees, appointed by the Governor; and 3
representatives of the Department of Human Services, with one
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representative from the Division of Developmental
Disabilities, and one representative from the Division of
Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Human Services.
The task force shall submit a report to the Illinois General
Assembly by January 1, 2008 that shall (i) evaluate the
effectiveness of the health care workplace violence prevention
pilot project in the facilities participating in the pilot
project and (ii) make recommendations concerning the
implementation of workplace violence prevention programs in
all health care workplaces.
(c) The Department of Human Services shall provide all
necessary administrative support to the task force.
(Source: P.A. 94-347, eff. 7-28-05; 94-1012, eff. 7-7-06.)
Section 105. The Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning
Prohibition Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 25, and 30
as follows:
(410 ILCS 110/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
"Institute" means the Illinois Regenerative Medicine
Institute.
"Committee" means the Illinois Regenerative Medicine
Institute Oversight Committee.
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(410 ILCS 110/25)
Sec. 25. Conflict of interest.
(a) (Blank) A person has a conflict of interest if any
Committee action with respect to a matter may directly or
indirectly financially benefit any of the following:
(1) That person.
(2) That person's spouse, immediate family living with
that person, or that person's extended family.
(3) Any individual or entity required to be disclosed
by that person.
(4) Any other individual or entity with which that
person has a business or professional relationship.
(b) (Blank) A Committee member who has a conflict of
interest with respect to a matter may not discuss that matter
with other Committee members and shall not vote upon or
otherwise participate in any Committee action with respect to
that matter. Each recusal occurring during a Committee meeting
shall be made a part of the minutes or recording of the meeting
in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.
(c) A member of a scientific peer review panel or any other
advisory committee that may be established by the Department
who has a conflict of interest with respect to a matter may not
discuss that matter with other peer review panel or advisory
committee members or with Committee members and shall not vote
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committee action with respect to that matter. Each recusal of a
peer review panel or advisory committee member occurring during
a peer review panel or advisory committee meeting shall be made
a part of the minutes or recording of the meeting in accordance
with the Open Meetings Act.
(d) The Institute shall not allow any Institute employee to
participate in the processing of, or to provide any advice
concerning, any matter with which the Institute employee has a
conflict of interest.
(Source: P.A. 95-519, eff. 1-1-08.)
(410 ILCS 110/30)
Sec. 30. Disclosure of Committee, scientific peer review
panel, or advisory committee member income and interests.
(a) Each Committee, scientific peer review panel, and any
advisory committee member shall file with the Secretary of
State a written disclosure of the following with respect to the
member, the member's spouse, and any immediate family living
with the member:
(1) Each source of income.
(2) Each entity in which the member, spouse, or
immediate family living with the member has an ownership or
distributive income share that is not an income source
required to be disclosed under item (1) of this subsection
(a).
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immediate family living with the member serves as an
executive, officer, director, trustee, or fiduciary.
(4) Each entity with which the member, member's spouse,
or immediate family living with the member has a contract
for future income.
(b) Each appointed Committee member and each member of a
scientific peer review panel and any advisory committee member
shall file the disclosure required by subsection (a) of this
Section at the time the member is appointed and at the time of
any reappointment of that member.
(c) Each Committee member and each member of a scientific
peer review panel and any advisory committee member shall file
an updated disclosure with the Secretary of State promptly
after any change in the items required to be disclosed under
this subsection with respect to the member, the member's
spouse, or any immediate family living with the member.
(d) The requirements of Section 3A-30 of the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act and any other disclosures required by
law apply to this Act.
(e) Filed disclosures shall be public records.
(Source: P.A. 95-519, eff. 1-1-08.)
(410 ILCS 110/20 rep.)
(410 ILCS 110/35 rep.)
Section 110. The Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning
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(410 ILCS 221/Act rep.)
Section 115. The Advisory Board for the Maternal and Child
Health Block Grant Programs Act is repealed.
(410 ILCS 225/7 rep.)
Section 117. The Prenatal and Newborn Care Act is amended
by repealing Section 7.
(410 ILCS 303/25 rep.)
Section 120. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is
amended by repealing Section 25.
(410 ILCS 413/15 rep.)
(410 ILCS 413/20 rep.)
Section 125. The Epilepsy Disease Assistance Act is amended
by repealing Sections 15 and 20.
Section 130. The Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act is amended
by changing Sections 1 and 3 as follows:
(410 ILCS 515/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7851)
Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise:
(a) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative nature, which
produces an altered state of consciousness or temporarily or
permanently impairs mental, cognitive, behavioral or physical
functioning. Cerebral vascular accidents, aneurisms and
congenital deficits are excluded from this definition.
(c) "Spinal cord injury" means an injury that occurs as a
result of trauma, which involves spinal vertebral fracture, or
where the injured person suffers any of the following effects:
(1) effects on the sensory system including numbness,
tingling or loss of sensation in the body or in one or more
extremities;
(2) effects on the motor system including weakness or
paralysis in one or more extremities;
(3) effects on the visceral system including bowel or
bladder dysfunction or hypotension.
(d) "Council" means the Advisory Council on Spinal Cord and
Head Injuries.
(Source: P.A. 86-510.)
(410 ILCS 515/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7853)
Sec. 3. (a) All reports and records made pursuant to this
Act and maintained by the Department and other appropriate
persons, officials and institutions pursuant to this Act shall
be confidential. Information shall not be made available to any
individual or institution except to:
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(2) any person engaged in a bona fide research project,
with the permission of the Director of Public Health, except
that no information identifying the subjects of the reports or
the reporters shall be made available to researchers unless the
Department requests and receives consent for such release
pursuant to the provisions of this Section. ; and
(3) the Council, except that no information identifying the
subjects of the reports or the reporters shall be made
available to the Council unless consent for release is
requested and received pursuant to the provisions of this
Section. Only information pertaining to head and spinal cord
injuries as defined in Section 1 of this Act shall be released
to the Council.
(b) The Department shall not reveal the identity of a
patient, physician or hospital, except that the identity of the
patient may be released upon written consent of the patient,
parent or guardian, the identity of the physician may be
released upon written consent of the physician, and the
identity of the hospital may be released upon written consent
of the hospital.
(c) The Department shall request consent for release from a
patient, a physician or hospital only upon a showing by the
applicant for such release that obtaining the identities of
certain patients, physicians or hospitals is necessary for his
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(d) The Department shall at least annually compile a report
of the data accumulated through the reporting system
established under Section 2 of this Act and shall submit such
data relating to spinal cord and head injuries in accordance
with confidentiality restrictions established pursuant to this
Act to the Council.
(Source: P.A. 86-510.)
(410 ILCS 515/6 rep.)
Section 135. The Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act is amended
by repealing Section 6.
Section 140. The Illinois Adverse Health Care Events
Reporting Law of 2005 is amended by changing Section 10-45 as
follows:
(410 ILCS 522/10-45)
Sec. 10-45. Testing period.
(a) Prior to the testing period in subsection (b), the
Department shall adopt rules for implementing this Law in
consultation with the Health Care Event Reporting Advisory
Committee and individuals who have experience and expertise in
devising and implementing adverse health care event or other
health care quality reporting systems. The rules shall
establish the methodology and format for health care facilities
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shall be finalized before the beginning of the testing period
under subsection (b).
(b) The Department shall conduct a testing period of at
least 6 months to test the reporting process to identify any
problems or deficiencies with the planned reporting process.
(c) None of the information reported and analyzed during
the testing period shall be used in any public report under
this Law.
(d) The Department must substantially address the problems
or deficiencies identified during the testing period before
fully implementing the reporting system.
(e) After the testing period, and after any corrections,
adjustments, or modifications are finalized, the Department
must give at least 30 days written notice to health care
facilities prior to full implementation of the reporting system
and collection of adverse event data that will be used in
public reports.
(f) Following the testing period, 4 calendar quarters of
data must be collected prior to the Department's publishing the
annual report of adverse events to the public under paragraph
(4) of Section 10-35.
(g) The process described in subsections (a) through (e)
must be completed by the Department no later than July 1, 2007.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Department may contract with an entity for receiving all
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findings, and corrective action plans that must be reported to
the Department under this Law and for the compilation of the
information and the provision of quarterly and annual reports
to the Department describing such information according to the
rules adopted by the Department under this Law.
(Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
(410 ILCS 522/10-40 rep.)
Section 145. The Illinois Adverse Health Care Events
Reporting Law of 2005 is amended by repealing Section 10-40.
Section 150. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 17.7 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/17.7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1017.7)
Sec. 17.7. Community water supply testing fee.
(a) The Agency shall collect an annual nonrefundable
testing fee from each community water supply for participating
in the laboratory fee program for analytical services to
determine compliance with contaminant levels specified in
State or federal drinking water regulations. A community water
supply may commit to participation in the laboratory fee
program. If the community water supply makes such a commitment,
it shall commit for a period consistent with the participation
requirements established by the Agency and the Community Water
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elects not to participate, it must annually notify the Agency
in writing of its decision not to participate in the laboratory
fee program.
(b) The Agency shall determine the fee for participating in
the laboratory fee program for analytical services. The Agency
may establish multi-year participation requirements for
community water supplies and establish fees accordingly. The
Agency shall base its annual fee determination upon the actual
and anticipated costs for testing under State and federal
drinking water regulations and the associated administrative
costs of the Agency and the Council.
(c) Community water supplies that choose not to participate
in the laboratory fee program or do not pay the fees shall have
the duty to analyze all drinking water samples as required by
State or federal safe drinking water regulations established
after the federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986.
(d) There is hereby created in the State Treasury an
interest-bearing special fund to be known as the Community
Water Supply Laboratory Fund. All fees collected by the Agency
under this Section shall be deposited into this Fund and shall
be used for no other purpose except those established in this
Section. In addition to any monies appropriated from the
General Revenue Fund, monies in the Fund shall be appropriated
to the Agency in amounts deemed necessary for laboratory
testing of samples from community water supplies, and for the
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Council.
(e) The Agency is authorized to adopt reasonable and
necessary rules for the administration of this Section. The
Agency shall submit the proposed rules for review by the
Council before submission of the rulemaking for the First
Notice under Section 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act.
(f) The Director shall establish a Community Water Supply
Testing Council, consisting of 5 persons who are elected
municipal officials, 5 persons representing community water
supplies, one person representing the engineering profession,
one person representing investor-owned utilities, one person
representing the Illinois Association of Environmental
Laboratories, and 2 persons representing municipalities and
community water supplies on a statewide basis, all appointed by
the Director. Beginning in 1994, the Director shall appoint the
following to the Council: (i) 2 elected municipal officials, 2
community water supply representatives, and 1 investor-owned
utility representative, each for a one-year term; (ii) 2
elected municipal officials and 2 community water supply
representatives, each for a 2 year term; and (iii) one elected
municipal official, one community water supply representative,
one person representing the engineering profession, and 2
persons representing municipalities and community water
supplies on a statewide basis, each for a 3 year term. As soon
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the 92nd General Assembly, the Director shall appoint one
person representing the Illinois Association of Environmental
Laboratories to a term of 3 years. Thereafter, the Director
shall appoint successors in each position to 3 year terms. In
case of a vacancy, the Director may appoint a successor to fill
the remaining term of the vacancy. Members of the Council shall
serve until a successor is appointed by the Director. The
Council shall select from its members a chairperson and such
other officers as it deems necessary. The Council shall meet at
the call of the Director or the Chairperson of the Council. The
Agency shall provide the Council with such supporting services
as the Director and the Chairperson may designate, and members
shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties. The Council shall
have the following duties:
(1) to hold regular and special meetings at a time and
place designated by the Director or the Chairperson of the
Council;
(2) to consider appropriate means for long-term
financial support of water supply testing, and to make
recommendations to the Agency regarding a preferred
approach;
(3) to review and evaluate the financial implications
of current and future federal requirements for monitoring
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audit reports related to the testing program, and to make
recommendations regarding the Agency's efforts to
implement the fee system and testing provided for by this
Section;
(5) to require an external audit as may be deemed
necessary by the Council; and
(6) to conduct such other activities as may be deemed
appropriate by the Director.
(Source: P.A. 97-220, eff. 7-28-11.)
(420 ILCS 40/14 rep.)
Section 155. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is
amended by repealing Section 14.
(430 ILCS 40/6 rep.)
Section 160. The Illinois Poison Prevention Packaging Act
is amended by repealing Section 6.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
5 ILCS 177/10
5 ILCS 177/15 rep.
20 ILCS 605/605-300 was 20 ILCS 605/46.2
20 ILCS 605/605-360 rep.
20 ILCS 605/605-425 rep.
20 ILCS 605/605-1000 rep.
20 ILCS 2310/2310-376
20 ILCS 2310/2310-76 rep.
20 ILCS 2310/2310-77 rep.
20 ILCS 2310/2310-349 rep.
20 ILCS 2310/2310-560 rep.
20 ILCS 2325/5
20 ILCS 2325/10
20 ILCS 2325/20
20 ILCS 2325/15 rep.
20 ILCS 2325/25 rep.
20 ILCS 2407/Art. 2 rep.
20 ILCS 2407/53
20 ILCS 3310/10
20 ILCS 3950/Act rep.
20 ILCS 4024/Act rep.
30 ILCS 772/20
30 ILCS 780/5-30
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210 ILCS 25/Art. V rep.
210 ILCS 86/25
210 ILCS 110/13A rep.
225 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 111, par. 7603
225 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 111, par. 7605
225 ILCS 5/19 from Ch. 111, par. 7619
225 ILCS 5/19.5
225 ILCS 5/24 from Ch. 111, par. 7624
225 ILCS 5/6 rep.
225 ILCS 5/21 rep.
225 ILCS 5/22 rep.
225 ILCS 50/3 from Ch. 111, par. 7403
225 ILCS 50/8 from Ch. 111, par. 7408
225 ILCS 50/14 from Ch. 111, par. 7414
225 ILCS 50/15 from Ch. 111, par. 7415
225 ILCS 50/18 from Ch. 111, par. 7418
225 ILCS 50/21 from Ch. 111, par. 7421
225 ILCS 50/22 from Ch. 111, par. 7422
225 ILCS 50/23 from Ch. 111, par. 7423
225 ILCS 50/27.1 from Ch. 111, par. 7427.1
225 ILCS 50/30 from Ch. 111, par. 7430
225 ILCS 50/16 rep.
225 ILCS 50/17 rep.
405 ILCS 90/35
410 ILCS 110/10
410 ILCS 110/25
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